"Become a tree, secure, alone."

The first installment of my mixtape/audio collage series, this one was for my friend Brooke.  For each recipient I drew a tarot card to use as a basis for their audio collage, and for her I drew the dreaded Tower: the 16th arcana, and one that typically strikes fear into the hearts of those that draw it.  
But really, there is nothing to fear here, except the true knowledge of the Self: the Tower is a symbol of the process of alchemical transformation.

So, with that in mind this 90 minute audio collage is a narrative journey through the crucible of spiritual reckoning the Tower represents.  We descend into a tornado of madness and chaos, until from the broken pieces, understanding begins to coalesce: and we come out the other side, new. 

The only way out... is through.  Listen if you dare.

Tracklist:
(Note: below I will list the music tracks I played but not the found audio and field recordings. There are simply too many)

El Medahey - Master Musicians of Joujuka
Where The Watchers Mourn (And Dance) - Equimanthorn
The Spirit Cannot Fail - Bill Nelson
Zaar - Peter Gabriel
The Cholinergic Vagal Effect: Prime Mover - Delta-Sleep Inducing Peptide
Dada Kabalah - Body Without Organs
Create and Melt - Dali's Car
Schloss Tegal - Black Static Transmission (excerpt)
Alchemy - Body Without Organs
Magick Without Tears - Burial Hex
Interzone vi: Realization - Chaos Echoes
Outside the Body - Spectre
Let it Happen - Vangelis
Movement - Squaring Circles

Cassette 1: The Tower

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Cassette 1: The Tower

rebecca markab